February 6, 1999
Live from The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Scotland's Phil Cunningham on accordian and Shetland Islands' Aly Bain on fiddle. Also, master of the 6- and 12-string guitar, Leo Kottke.

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Recorded on February 6, 1999, from St. Paul, Minnesota.
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00:00Logo
00:11Tishomingo
02:01GK Talk to Pat Donohue
03:30Blue Train
06:50Applause
07:21Brain Surgery
09:56Applause, Talk about Wine
10:34Rhubarb
15:31Applause, GK Talk about Mayor of Lubbock, TX
16:30Talk about Leo Kottke Learning Guitar
18:42Morning's a Long Way Home
22:23Applause, Leo Talk about Paradise
23:33Everybody Lies
26:27Applause
27:00Guy Noir
39:14Applause - GK Talk about Wine
40:19GK Talks about Friends from New York
41:01The Ice Fishing Song
44:23Applause-GK Intro Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain
46:21Stella's Trip Medley
50:14Applause-Phil Announces Next Tune
51:23Bonaparte's Retreat
55:14Applause-GK Talk about Buddy Holly
58:05GK Talk with Connie Gibbons, Lubbock, TX
1:01:38True Love Ways
1:02:18Rave On
1:04:21Not Fade Away
1:06:35GK Segue to Intermission
1:06:59Some of These Days
1:10:35Welcome Back to the Second Half
1:10:52Murphy's Plumbing
1:12:04Greetings
1:15:13Famous Celebrities Visit the Winter Carnival
1:22:29That Da-Da Strain
1:24:32Applause-GK Talk to Leo
1:26:00Leo Talk Again
1:26:25At the Heidi Motel
1:29:22Applause
1:29:40Monologue
1:47:01Violet
1:48:32GK Segue to Next Tune
1:48:47The Auld Fiddler
1:50:33Applause-GK Invites Those Born in 1959 to Stage
1:51:23Duct Tape
1:53:00Applause
1:53:12Mona Ray
1:55:25Applause-Credits and Toast
1:57:00Old Molly Hare
1:58:12That's Our Show for Tonight!

Guest Information
  • Phil Cunningham
  • Aly Bain
  • Leo Kottke
  • Scripts
  • Bebopareebop Rhubarb Pie
  • Brain Surgery
  • The Duct Tape Council
  • Famous Celebrities
  • Guy Noir
  • Murphy's Plumbing

  • Music Information
    Performers, music scipts and credits
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